PADRES POSTCAST: Randy VASQUEZ + BULLPEN SHINE, San Diego PADRES SHUT OUT Colorado Rockies 2-0
Randy Vasquez pitched his best game of the season, Jackson Merrill homered, Luis Arraez added 3 hits including an RBI single, and the San Diego Padres won the opener of their crucial 4-game series against the Colorado Rockies, 2-0 at Petco Park.
Vasquez tossed 6 innings of 4-hit baseball, striking out 9 and walking none in his best outing of the season, and maybe his career. The right-hander has been pretty good this season, keeping the Padres in games and winning some with an ERA under 4.
The Pads won 4 of Vasquez’s 5 starts at a crucial time in June, before the trade deadline brought in the new guys, and when Michael King and Yu Darvish were out and Dylan Cease was struggling.
There is no overlooking how much Vasquez has helped keep San Diego in the playoff race this season.
The Padres’ bullpen was fantastic again, tossing 3 perfect innings, striking out 5 Rockies. Vasquez, Jeremiah Estrada, Mason Miller and Robert Suarez combined to retire the last 12 Rockies to come to the plate.
Arraez was the only Padre with more than 1 hit, and they were all singles besides Merrill’s homer, his 11th of the season. Jackson has been coming around his last few games, picking up some big hits and slugging extra-base hits all over the field like he did last year in that magical rookie season.
Manny Machado continues to struggle. The Pads’ superstar 3rd baseman went 0-4 tonight, on the heels of his 0-12 series against the Cincinnati Reds, a series the Pads lost 2-1. Manny is batting .108 in 9 games this month after hitting just .222 in August. Fernando Tatis Jr., who went 0-4, has also struggled with both average and power this season.
The Pads defense continues to shine in key moments. Left-fielder Ramon Laureano made an outstanding catch up against the wall in foul territory to rob Mike Moniak to save a run in the 1st inning, and Machado- who committed a rare error earlier in the game- started a 5-4-3 double-play in the 3rd.
The LA Dodgers were off tonight, so the Padres have moved to within 2.5 games of the defending World Series champs with 15 games left to play. The Pads are 3.5 games behind the 1st-place Chicago Cubs and 3 games ahead of the 3rd-place NY Mets in the NL Wild Card chase.
***** ‘LIVE’ Instant Reaction from Jim “GRIES” Grieshaber
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The Padres and Rockies play game 2 of this 4-game series tomorrow night, with 1st pitch set for 5:40pm PT.
JP Sears (8-10, 5.01 ERA) takes the mound for the Padres, facing the Rockies’ Tanner Gordon.. (5-6, 6.60 ERA)
We will be here right after the game with your PADRES POSTCAST, hosted by Jim "Gries" Grieshaber- 'LIVE' and FREE on YouTube right after the game, & uploaded wherever you get your audio content and ROKU right after the 'LIVE' show.
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